Purse thief botches getaway, cops say

Anthony Q. Grant, 24, of Inwood, was arrested on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, and charged with grand larceny and reckless endangerment in connection with the theft of two women's purses in Woodbury, police said. Photo Credit: NCPD

A man who grabbed purses from a pair of women outside a Woodbury restaurant on Wednesday botched his getaway when the driver of a car stopped at a traffic light refused his demands to drive away, Nassau County police said.

Anthony Q. Grant, 24, of 13 Mervin St., in Inwood, is charged with two counts of grand larceny and reckless endangerment. He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.